Sec. 1. Any number of persons not less than five (5), a majority of whom are citizens of this state, may associate themselves together as a corporation, association, or society for the purpose of transacting the business of life or accident, or life and accident insurance, and for the payment of partial and permanent disability […]
Sec. 10. Any corporation, association, or society organized to insure against the contingency of death or physical disability of the assured thereunder resulting from accidental injuries, and which provides for the payment of policy claims, the accumulation of reserve or emergency funds and the expenses of the management and prosecution of the business, by payments […]
Sec. 11. Every such accident insurance corporation, association, or society shall accumulate and maintain a reserve emergency fund of at least two thousand dollars ($2,000). Such fund, if not already accumulated, shall be accumulated by every such corporation, association, or society existing on March 9, 1897, by September 9, 1897, and by every corporation, association, […]
Sec. 12. (a) Every such accident insurance corporation, association, or society doing business under this chapter shall, on or before March 1 in each year, make and file with the insurance commissioner a report of its affairs and operations during the year ending on December 31 immediately preceding, which report shall be in lieu of […]
Sec. 13. This chapter shall not be construed to limit the accumulation of a reserve or emergency fund by any corporation, association, or society subject to the provisions of this chapter. Any such corporation, association, or society may, in its discretion, through its officers or directors, deposit with the insurance commissioner such securities and for […]
Sec. 14. Every policy or certificate issued after March 9, 1897, by any corporation, association, or society doing business under this chapter and promising payment to be made upon a contingency of death or physical disability shall specify the sum of money which it promises to pay under such contingency, and the number of days […]
Sec. 15. No such corporation, association, or society, organized under the laws of this state, shall transfer its risks to, or reinsure them in any other corporation, association, or society unless the contract of transfer or reinsurance is first submitted to and approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of a meeting of the insured, called […]
Sec. 16. The insurance commissioner shall, at the request of any corporation, association, or society doing business under the provisions of this chapter in this state on the assessment plan, make an examination of such corporation, association, or society, and shall furnish a certificate of the results of such examination, showing all its assets and […]
Sec. 17. All corporations, associations, and societies to which this chapter is applicable, with their books, papers, and vouchers, shall be subject to visitation and inspection by the insurance commissioner or such person as he may designate, at the expense of said association. The commissioner may address any inquiries to such corporation, association, or society, […]
Sec. 18. No order, judgment, or decree providing for an accounting or enjoining, restraining, or interfering with the prosecution of the business of any domestic insurance corporation, association, or society subject to the provisions of this chapter, or appointing a temporary or permanent receiver thereof, shall be made or granted otherwise than upon the application […]
Sec. 19. Any corporation, association, or society organized under the authority of another state or government to issue, or which is engaged in the business of issuing, policies or certificates of life or accident or life and accident insurance, and for the payment of total and permanent disability claims to living members on the assessment […]
Sec. 2. A corporation, association, or society, organized under the provisions of this chapter, shall, by the name adopted by such corporation, association, or society, in law, be capable of suing and being sued, and may have power to make and enforce contracts in relation to the business of such corporation, association, or society, may […]
Sec. 20. All processes in any action or proceeding against any foreign corporation, association, or society doing business in this state under the provisions of this chapter may be served upon an individual resident of Indiana, a corporate resident of Indiana, or an authorized Indiana insurer, appointed by the corporation, association, or society as its […]
Sec. 21. A person who knowingly makes a false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with reference to any application for insurance, or for the purpose of obtaining any money or benefit in or to any corporation, association, or society transacting business under this chapter, commits a Class A misdemeanor. Formerly: Acts 1897, c.195, […]
Sec. 22. Any member of such corporation, association or society may name as his payee or beneficiary any person or persons, natural or artificial, permitted by the by-laws of such corporations, associations or society, or, if the by-laws thereof permit, the insurance of such member may be made payable to his estate. Any member of […]
Sec. 23. (a) As used in this section, “premium” includes any deposit or contribution. (b) The money or benefit provided or rendered by any corporation, association, or society authorized to do business under this chapter shall not be liable to attachment by garnishee or other process, and shall not be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied […]
Sec. 24. An officer or agent of any corporation, association, or society subject to this chapter who fails to comply with this chapter, knowingly makes in any report or statement any false or fraudulent statement, or refuses to permit the insurance commissioner or any examiner duly authorized by him for the purpose to make examination […]
Sec. 25. The fees to be paid by each such corporation, association, or society to the insurance commissioner for the authority to such corporation, association, or society, and its insurance producers under the license granted by him to each corporation, association, or society, to transact business in the state of Indiana shall be as follows: […]
Sec. 26. Nothing contained in sections 1 through 25 of this chapter shall be construed to apply to secret or fraternal societies, lodges or councils that are now organized, or that may hereafter be organized, which conduct their business and secure members on the lodge system, exclusively, having ritualistic work and ceremonies in their societies, […]
Sec. 27. (a) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of sections 1 through 26 of this chapter, every corporation or association organized and operating under the provisions of this chapter shall on or before July 1, 1970, comply with the provisions of IC 27-1 relative to the maintenance of legal reserves required on all life insurance […]
